- Source: Te Tai Rawhiti
Te Tai Rawhiti (lit. 'The East Coast') was one of the five new New Zealand parliamentary Māori electorates created in 1996 for MMP. It largely replaced its English-named predecessor, Eastern Maori, though Te Tai Rawhiti's boundary was retracted significantly in the central North Island.
Te Tai Rawhiti only existed for one electoral term, and in 1999 was largely replaced by Waiariki and Ikaroa-Rāwhiti.
Population centres
The electorate was based in the Bay of Plenty and East Cape regions, as well as parts of eastern Waikato, and included the following population centres:
Edgecumbe
Kawerau
Morrinsville
Murupara
Ōpōtiki
Putāruru
Rotorua
Te Aroha
Tauranga
Tokoroa
Tolaga Bay
Whakatāne
Tribal areas
The electorate included the following tribal areas:
Ngāti Ranginui
Ngāi Te Rangi
Te Arawa
Ngāti Awa
Ngāi Tūhoe
Whakatohea
Ngāi Tai
Te Whānau-ā-Apanui
Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairoa
Ngāti Tūwharetoa
Ngāti Porou
Ngāti Ruapani
Te Aitanga-a-Hauiti
History
Te Tai Rawhiti was one of the five new Māori electorates created for the 1996 election with the introduction of mixed-member proportional (MMP) representation, and which were all won by the Tight Five of New Zealand First.
In the 1999 election it was substantially replaced by Waiariki.
= Members of Parliament
=Key
NZ First Alliance
= List MPs
=Election results
= 1996 election
=References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Te Tai Rawhiti
- Te Tai Rāwhiti Māori
- Māori electorates
- Gisborne District
- Te Tai Tonga
- Eastern Maori
- Tuariki Delamere
- Waiariki (New Zealand electorate)
- Tairāwhiti
- Te Pāti Māori
